Farrington, John

John Farrington
Army
Middle Island

John Farrington

John Farrington was
born on August 22, 1907. He was the son of William and Mary (Mullhull)
Farrington. Before entering the service he was employed by South
Shore as a crane operator. He was inducted into the Army on December
11, 9142 and entered the service at Camp Upton on December 18, 1942.
He was living in Ridge, New York at the time of induction.
Farrington was assigned to Head Quarters Company of the 556 Heavy
Pontoon Engineers Battalion, where he was trained as a Power Shovel
Operator.

Farrington was
discharged from the service on October 11, 1945 at Fort MacArthur,
California.

556 Engineers Hv.Pn. Bn trained at Camp
Beale (Marysville/Yube City)Entered foreign service April 1944.
Served in Finschhafen (Papua) New Guinea, Leyte and Luzon October 44
and Luzon 1945 Occupation duty Japan Sept- Dec 1945 Built over 100
pontoon and later Treadway bridges and baileys. A total of 2.4 miles
all bridges inclused